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Q. A boy is walking away from a wall at a speed of 1.0 m/s in a direction at right angles to the wall. The boy blows a whistle steadily. An observer towards whom the boy is moving hears 4 beats/s. If the speed of sound is 340 m/s, the frequency of whistle is
- 480 Hz
- 680 Hz
- 840 Hz
- 1000 Hz
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A source of sound emitting a note of frequency 200 Hz moves towards an observer with a velocity v equal to the velocity of sound. If the observer also moves away from the source with the same velocity v, the apparent frequency heard by the observer is
- 50 Hz
- 100 Hz
- 150 Hz
- 200 Hz
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A siren placed at a railway platform is emitting sound of frequency 5 kHz. A passenger sitting in a moving train A, records a frequency of 5.5 kHz while the train approaches the siren. During his return journey in a different train B, he records a frequency of 6.0 kHz while approaching the same siren. The ratio of the velocity of train B to that of train A is
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Q. An engine running at speed v/10 sounds a whistle of frequency 600 Hz. A passenger in a train coming from the opposite side at speed v/15 experiences this whistle to be of frequency f. If v is speed of sound in air and there is no wind, f is nearest to
- 711 Hz
- 630 Hz
- 580 Hz
- 510 Hz